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The jealous woman

Name: The jealous woman
Director: Kostas Karagiannis
Released: 1968
Duration: 96 min

Representation Score

1.4/10

Minimal

1968

Director

Kostas Karagiannis

Runtime

96 minutes

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The film functions as a conventional period comedy that adheres to mid-20th-century social clichés. It prioritizes domestic conflict and traditional gender roles over any meaningful exploration of identity or power dynamics. The narrative structure reinforces established social norms rather than challenging them. By focusing on a woman's perceived emotional instability as a source of chaos, the film maintains a patriarchal perspective common to its era.

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Category Breakdown

Does The jealous woman have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film focuses on traditional heterosexual relationships and does not include any non-cisgender identities or critiques of societal structures.

How does The jealous woman portray gender?

Limited

The story relies on the cliché of a female character with emotional instability, which is used to disrupt the male protagonist's health and career.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The jealous woman?

Minimal

The production reflects the homogeneous demographics typical of 1968 Greek cinema. There is no indication of diverse casting or non-Anglo-Saxon majority representation.

How does The jealous woman represent religion and culture?

Limited

The narrative centers on preserving the nuclear family unit within a framework of conventional social stability and traditional consequences.

Does The jealous woman include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no information available regarding the depiction of physical or neurodivergent disabilities in this film.

Present on Screen

The film provides a clear, focused look at traditional domestic life and the complexities of marital friction within a specific historical context.

Limited or Absent

The film relies on reductive gender clichés, portraying female emotionality as a disruptive force rather than exploring their role in the story.
The narrative lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.
The story follows conventional social structures without offering critiques of institutional or cultural norms.

Official Synopsis

A woman with pathological jealousy makes her husband's life so difficult that he risks losing both his health and his job. Her unbridled imagination discovers her husband's infidelities where they do not exist and relationships with women he has never met. Until suddenly an incident overturns their family life...

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